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Humpday Recs September 9th, 2023

Recreate: A pre-Columbian capital. Dutch artist Thomas Kole has painstakingly re-created the ancient Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan using a blend of modern photography, archeological sources and computer-generated images. If you’ve ever walked the streets of Mexico City wondering what it might have looked like in its pre-Columbian prime, you’ll want to spend plenty of time with these images. - Matt Kendrick

Read: “Eric Adams’s Administration of Bluster:” “Mayor Eric Adams’s exuberant self-regard stops just short of biceps-kissing.” That’s the lede of a recent New Yorker profile of the New York City mayor, an eccentric political chameleon. You don’t have to be a New Yorker to appreciate this remarkable feat of political profiling. – Gabrielle


Stomp, squash, swat, roundhouse kick: Spotted lanternflies. These invasive buggers are everywhere in NYC right now. We’re past squash or spread, it's kill or be killed. – Riley

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Turkish opposition leader Ozgur Ozel speaks to the media after submitting an application to establish the so-called New Party, in Ankara, Turkey, July 24, 2026.

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“New Party” shakes up opposition in TurkeyTurkish opposition leader Özgür Özel launched a new political party on Friday to challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s party, the AKP. Özel was previously ousted by a Turkish court as chairman of the CHP in a move critics saw as an attempt to weaken opposition. More than 90 former CHP lawmakers joined [...]
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One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, June 17, 2020.

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For nearly thirty years, Pauline Hanson has occupied the fringes of Australian politics. The outspoken founder and leader of the far-right, populist One Nation party has built a career railing against immigration and multiculturalism. Despite years of headlines for her political stunts and controversial quotes, her movement never broke into the [...]